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2001 BMW 325Ci 2.5L information centerVIN: WBABN33451About 3 weeks ago we replaced steering angle sensor,
attempted to calibrate sensor and our system would not
work, also noticed that the headlight failure lights lit up
and also right rear taillight failure lit up, we sent
vehicle to dealer to calibrate angle s...

2001 BMW 525i 2.5L batteryVIN: WBADT43441Hi BMW tech's we have one that the customer says at times
they hear a fan running 2 hours or so after car has been
off. and battery is dead the next morning. We have not had
this problem happen to us and have checked for a draw with
ammeter after about 20 min ...

2000 Jaguar Vanden Plas 4.0L MIL Lamp on, VIN: SAJDA24C9YPerformed the chain and tensioner R&R as a preventive
maint. on this car yesterday per cust request. During
repair I noticed that the intake cam on the pass side was
not aligned with the ex. cam during disassembly. The
drivers side lined up fine with the cam h...

1998 Saab 900 S 2.3L clusterVIN: YS3DD58B6WI have 2 of these cars with the same condition - 1 is in
the shop now - instruments/gauges inoperative most of the
time (as well as illumination) I have inspected the harness
near radio it appears ok& is well retained out of the way
of radio - warning lights d...

1997 Volkswagen Jetta GLX 2.8L MIL Lamp onVIN: 3VWTD81H9Vchecked system and found secondary air injection inlet
valve not holding vacume. i want to replace the vacume line
but i can not see how it hooks up to the valve. so my
question is how do i get the line, valve out? i started to
take things off and it looks lik... Trouble codes: P0411

1996 Volvo 960 2.9L Hesitation, Cuts out, fuel pressureVIN: YV1KS9604TJust a question about fuel pressures on this 960. I
replaced the original fuel filter to start fixing the
running problem(loss of pressure under load) While changing
the filter, I saw the service fitting before the filter, so
I decided to give it a try and rea...

1997 Audi A8 Quattro 4.2L water pumpVIN: WAUBG84D9VThanks for all the input. It seems that there are many that
have installed the new pump with hard to turn impeller and
have had no problems. Several Techs said the seal has been
known to stick to the shaft. I did not want to chance my
time on a known issue wit...

1989 Mercedes-Benz 300E 3.0L Center Dash VentVIN: EA30D7KA99Well, Thanks to you guys this M.B. is fixed and the
customer is very happy. As you all said I had a bad vacuum
servo on the center vent. Jon from Fla.gave me an answer
that worked well on this old gal. Remove the center vent.
There is a screw accessed through ...

1997 Mercedes-Benz C230 2.3L StartingVIN: WDBHA23EXUHello all,
This was an exercise in futility.The customer is a jerk who
feels my time is worthless .My tech installed a new genuine
CKP sensor and it fixed nothing.I also checked the wiring
harness for deteriation and found none.My wave form for the
CKP was '...

1998 Porsche Boxster 2.5L front crank sealVIN: WPOCA2985Wthanks for all the replies. everyone said to replace the
oil seperator. it has a valve on top(PCV valve?) which goes
bad and allows manifold vacuum to be applied to the
crankcase. just for grins I put a vacuum gauge on the
dipstick tube. it showed 13.5 in. the...

1996 Saab 9000 CSE Turbo 2.3L Monitors won't setVIN: YS3CF68M6TThankyou to all who responded.All advice including
thermostat change,cam timing inspection,smoke testing,etc..
had been performed.This car also went to the dealer for an
ecu swap without success.We are currently stumped.I'll post
at a later date the eventual r...

1994 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L engineVIN: 3VWR81H0RMHi everyone - the fix for this car was to unclog the
overflow tube coming off the head with a bent coat hanger
and compressed air and burp the system by filling the
reservoir @ 2,000 rpm while the reservoir was unbolted and
raised as high as possible. It took ...

1995 Volkswagen EuroVan GLS 2.5L 4th Gear VIN: WV2EE0708SThanks guys, This is an odd year. Only a VW scanner will
communicate. If it were a year earlier or later a generic
scanner would work. The trans ended up being bad as I did
recieve a good description of proper shift procedure. The
battery can be disconnected a...

1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L door lockVIN: WVWMA63B6XI recieved 5 replies to this help request. The customer
didn't want to spend the money for us to pull the door
panel to determine the exact cause of the problem so we
never got it fixed. I pulled the plastic access cover from
the passenger's side and saw what ...

1994 Volvo 940 2.3L Cuts out, MisfireVIN: YV1LS8315SWe removed the transmission and found the tone ring had
been damaged due to a bolt that had come out of the rear
seal retainer. After replacing the flywheel/tone ring the
engine runs fine and all paterns are normal. I do not know
why it only affected a certin ...

1998 Volvo S70 2.4L absVIN: YV1LS5576WFinally, the customer brought the vehicle back, we removed
the abs module, after checking continuity of the speed
sensor wires at the module, and sent off for repairs. We
charged the customer $150, a lot better than buying a new
one and we get a lifetime warra...